On Mar 10, 3:21=A0pm, jan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Mar 9, 11:40=A0pm, SuE <S...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > In general Phrags LOVE S/H and they like more light than most growers
> > give them. =A0Could be yours needs another site. =A0A little
fertilizer =
to
> > equal the additional light and it will take off.
> > SuEhttp://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php=A0=A0
=A0
>
> hmm. =A0it's in an eastern window with the phals and the other phrag in
> MD 6b. =A0it gets =A0MSU at =A0-counts on fingers- =A01.5 tsp/gal drench
3=
out
> of 4 waterings. (75-100 ppm? i'd have to look at the bottle.) i'd
> really like it to grow more roots, but the green parts are growing,
> albeit very slowly. =A0i just put it down to being half species;
> anything i have that's half or more species progresses very slowly.
>
> --j_a
Mine is in an eastern window too. I've been thinking of trying S/H
with a few of the plants, but haven't actually done it yet. I assume
that with the relatively low light levels available to the plants I
have, I would need to keep the amount of fertilizer low. I have been
checking out Ray's info on S/H. The orchids I'm thinking of moving
into S/H are the Phrag, a division of a Pleurothallis grobyii, and one
of my Paph delanati. I'm not sure about my Brassidium Lillian Okra -
it's already big enough! I'm also worried about the light because of
the new windows - low E glass - cutting back on the already just
adequate lighting. I'm getting good growth and flowering with a Soph.
cernua and a Christieara, but the Brassidium only flowered once, a
NOID Paph hasen't flowered in a while and the Phals (also NOID) have
fewer flowers than before. However, the other variable - fertilizer -
I haven't fed them much in the past year. I brought Dyna-Gro (grow
formula)and am using that now. I guess I'll find out over the next
year.
I'm starting to collect cacti - Gymnocalyciums mostly, because they're
easy to grow and flower. And they look cool too. I have a G.
pflanzii that I've had for several years and it flowers every summer.
I just got what I think is a G. ragonesei. I was surprised that the
big cactus vendor at the Philly flower show didn't have any tags on
their plants (that I saw). All the orchid vendors did.
I am also going to try an Echinodorus tenellus (Pigmy Chain Sword) in
a water tight pot in the window. I believe it grows in the wild
partially emersed (at least part of the year). I wonder - it may
also be a good candidate for S/H?
Anyway, thanks for listening!
Bob Campoli - Philadelphia, Pa
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